We report the fabrication and testing, at 4.2 K, of an S1IS2FS3 device, where S, F, and I denote a superconductor (Nb), a ferromagnetic material (Permalloy), and an insulator (AlOx), respectively. The F layer covers about one half of the top electrode of the S1IS2 Josephson junction and is positioned off-center. Electric current, Itr, along the S3 electrode can change the magnetization of the F layer in such a way that, for one direction of Itr, a magnetic flux penetrates the junction perpendicular to the layers, whereas for the opposite direction, the perpendicular magnetic flux can be removed. In the former state, the modulation pattern of the Josephson critical current, Ic, in the magnetic field, H, may acquire minimum near H = 0 and restores its usual shape with maximum in the second state. These states can be used for building a compact cryogenic memory compatible with single flux quantum electronics.
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14 August 2023
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August 14 2023
Electrically controlled hybrid superconductor–ferromagnet cell for high density cryogenic memory
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Advances in Superconducting Logic
I. P. Nevirkovets
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I. P. Nevirkovets
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA
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O. A. Mukhanov
O. A. Mukhanov
a)
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
SEEQC, Inc.
, 150 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, New York 10523, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: omukhanov@seeqc.com
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: omukhanov@seeqc.com
Appl. Phys. Lett. 123, 072601 (2023)
Article history
Received:
June 26 2023
Accepted:
June 30 2023
Citation
I. P. Nevirkovets, O. A. Mukhanov; Electrically controlled hybrid superconductor–ferromagnet cell for high density cryogenic memory. Appl. Phys. Lett. 14 August 2023; 123 (7): 072601. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165128
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